RN> Tsk, tsk.  Grits don't taste or feel anything like sand.  Anyone who
 RN> has had sand in their mouth and likes grits will tell you that.  I
 RN> just did.

 That is what it was like to me but I submit it has been about six or
seven years since I first tasted it. :) So maybe my memory is not
accurate. But just the names conjure up sand in my mind, so that's
probably why I remember it that way. Could be too the sample I had was
not the best sampling; wasn't cooked right perhaps.

I have had Polenta which is similar to grits, baked is much safer than
stove top. Still didn't like it. Corn.
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RN> CH>RN> They don't have grits in Texas?  I'm shocked!  (-:

CH> They do. The chain- Cracker Barrel has them. I don't know about other
CH> places. I'd not Recommend CB. At least not the French Toast. For shame
CH> for shame for shame! And not just in Texas either.

 RN> When I was making my escape from Katrina, I stopped in Lafayette and
 RN> ate lunch at the Cracker Barrel there.  It was very good and the

 If I had been escaping Katrina McDDonald's would look good, but I get
your point. CB is good, depends on what you like and how they serve
it. I'd not recommend the French Toast. They use Wonderbread I think
instead of day old French bread which is the proper way. The bread
should be thicker than a slice of wonder and slightly dry so it takes
up the egg better PLUS it has got to have vanilla and Cinomon and be
glazed on top.. You have not had French Toast til you've had it at
somewhere like the Hearth & Kettle at Yunnis, cape Cod. OH my fog and
the offer real maple syrup and creamy butter as well. I pass up on the
butter but oooh boy. Ah... I learned how they do it right. And so
good! Delicately crunchy on top/bottom .. Not soggy!
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 RN> service was just as good.  My daughter had trouble finding the place,

I recall the service was good. The reason we never went back there ws
it was one of the first places we ate at when we first moved To FW and
it was not a happy move and it got very cold and uh there was an ice
storm much to my shocked delicate sensibilities at the time having
been uprooted from the fair 70's in Florida...  We never went there
again ... for one reason is that last time I had a huge scrumptious
hamburger. It was DELICIOUS! But I got horribly sick after that. I
never eat ground meats at a restaurant now. You never know what they
put in them. Any red meat is suspect in fact. They often put fillers in
or some sort of MSG tenderizers.
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 RN> so one of the workers there came to my rescue and spoke to my daughter
 RN> over the phone and gave her directions.  She arrived a few minutes
 RN> later.

 That was nice. But of course they'd want your business :)
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CH> If you've ever been to Hearth and Kettle on Cape Cod, you'll know what
CH> I mean by this. :)

 RN> The furthest north I've been was Canada, but I wasn't born yet.

 Oh well Cape Cod isn't  far north :) It's that 'arm' off
Massachusetts. And btw: I do not know why , but since colonial times
UPcape is the southern part of the cape, and DOwncape is north
(Provincetown). No idea why tho. Somebody got 'turned around' and the
sayings stuck.
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CH> If I have to describe it, you'll all be very very hungry. :)

 RN> I'm not hungry yet.

  You may be after reading what I said a bout real French Toast.

Now I submit the real real french toast has NO Cinomon on it. I don't
know why. I love ...Sprinkle it on top (cin/sugar better) right before
turning it over... it'll create a sweet crispy crust :)

Cindy

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